Name: Casebook on Contract Law By Jill Poole (Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Aston Business School, Aston University)
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Casebook on Contract Law Summary

Casebook on Contract Law by Jill Poole (Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Aston Business School, Aston University)

Jill Poole's bestselling Casebook on Contract Law provides students with a comprehensive selection of case law, addressing all aspects of the subject encountered on undergraduate courses. Extracts have been carefully chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts, and to show how legal principles develop. Cases can either be analysed and discussed in isolation or, taken as a whole, the selection of cases form chapters providing a structured overview of the modern law of contract. Online Resource Centre The casebook is fully supported by an Online Resource Centre, which provides: - Self-test questions and answers - Guidance on answering questions in contract law - Exercises and guidance on reading cases - An opportunity for students to ask the author any questions

Casebook on Contract Law Reviews

Very good at supporting students; a sound resource providing coverage of all the key contract law cases. * Dr Matt Garrett, Deputy Head, Chester Law School *
Absolutely thorough and trustworthy - there are thoughtful explanations and questions throughout. * Jane Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Law, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London *
Review from previous edition This is a great supporting text for students new to the study of contract. Poole puts the law into context and also provides some excellent guidance to students on how to read a case * Julia Burnside, Lecturer in Law, University of Lincoln *
An enormous amount of relevant case-law is analysed, interpreted, and summarised. It breaks down complicated cases into 'bite-sized chunks' * Adrian Chandler, Professor of Contract Law, UWE Bristol *

1: Guidance on reading cases 2: Agreement 3: Agreement problems 4: Enforceability of promises: consideration and promissory estoppel 5: Intention to be legally bound and capacity to contract 6: Content of the contract and principles of interpretation 7: Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms 8: Breach of contract 9: Damages for breach of contract 10: Remedies providing for specific relief and restitutionary remedies 11: Privity of contract and third party rights 12: Discharge by frustration: subsequent impossibility 13: Common mistake: initial impossibility 14: Misrepresentation 15: Duress, undue influence, and unconscionability 16: Illegality

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GOR008371702

ISBN 13

9780198732815

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0198732813

Title

Casebook on Contract Law by Jill Poole (Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Aston Business School, Aston University)

Author

Jill Poole (Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Aston Business School, Aston University)

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year published

2016-08-04

Number of pages

848

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Casebook on Contract Law Jill Poole (Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Aston Business School, Aston University)

Casebook on Contract Law by Jill Poole (Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Aston Business School, Aston University)

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Casebook on Contract Law Summary

Casebook on Contract Law by Jill Poole (Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Deputy Dean, Head of Aston Law and 50th Anniversary Professor of Commercial Law, Aston Business School, Aston University)

Casebook on Contract Law Reviews

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